Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

4 reviews

angelsplash's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

A must read for everyone, parents, teachers, and young adults. The language of this book is both harrowing and hopeful. Haidt shows us the horror of what phones have taken from the GenZ generation and their parents. But he also shows us the light at the end of the tunnel, we just have to run towards it. He offers lots of ways we can change things for the better and even admits how hard some of these changes can be for parents specifically. But it's worth it to get our children back from the addictive nature of phones (ironic since I'm using a phone for this). Genuinely recommend everyone read this!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

aemaltbie's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

himpersonal's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

I’m not really sure how relevant the observations and advice in this book will be in a couple of generations. I think our current younger generations (mostly whom will be unaware of the practices outlined) will figure out how to get through life in different ways out of necessity. What we know about child development will change epigenetically. So I’d be interested in testing this book against the world in about 30 years. Until then, what’s provided seems infinitely beneficial. I can already see it play out in my life a little - my older nephew learned to read and write in Korean as a toddler on YouTube, but there’s a distinct and immediately noticeable difference between him and my niece who only knew Elmo through books and only started getting screen time probably at age four or five, and it was one episode of Daniel Tiger a week and a yoga program she did with her dad. My niece is a lot more excited about new experiences and meeting new people. There are many factors that distinguish them, but I’ve kind believed their access to screen times was a big contributor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

vireogirl's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Wow, super depressing on smart phones may be affecting the brain development of children. The ideas to fix it seem doable. I hope he's able to get a conversation started that makes a difference. 
There is a surprisingly magical chapter in the middle of the book. It is called Spiritual Elevation and Degradation. "The phone-based life produces spiritual degradation...in all of us." He goes on to talk about collective effervescence and how being together lifts us to a different plane. It was inspiring, and I was surprised to see it between the depressing facts and the practical steps. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic